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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: michael diop <xcxemdiop@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <michaeldiop@mixmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 15:28:43 +0000
Subject: Reply soon pls.


Compliments, My name is Mr. Michael Diop from Dakar Senegal. I am the personal account officer to Late Mr. John Schelpert who is a citizen of USA but living here in Dakar with his family before his sudden death. This mail is written to solicit your assistance to be presented as next of kin to my Late Client Mr. John Schelpert of Chestertown, U.S.A. He made a fixed Deposit valued at $13.7M (Thirteen Million Seven Hundred United States American Dollars Only)with a finance institution here in Dakar. Unfortunately he lost his life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999. To see the details of this plane crash, Please click on the (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm). He left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin but all documents relating to the claim of this fund will be processed in your name as soon as we agreed together. The Governing Body of the Bank here in Dakar has contacted me on this matter and I am yet to provide the Next of Kin to lay a claim to the Fund. Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I shall seek your consent to be presented as the next of Kin without any risk involved so that my late Client's Fund will not be confiscated by the Government. For the sake of transparency on this matter, you are free to make immediate contact with me through my email address or on the alternative, via my direct telephone number: 00 221 4611209 for further information related to this matter. Thank you very much for your anticipated acceptance while I expect your prompt response. Yours faithfully, Mr. Michael DiopTel: 002214611209
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